Kahawamys
Extinct genus of rodents
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Kahawamys is an extinct genus of thryonomyoid rodent which existed in Nsungwe Formation, Tanzania during the late Oligocene.[1] It was first named by Nancy J. Stevens, Patricia A. Holroyd, Eric M. Roberts, Patrick M. O'connor and Michael D. Gottfried in 2009 and the type species is Kahawamys mbeyaensis.[1]
| Kahawamys Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Clade: | Ctenohystrica |
| Superfamily: | Thryonomyoidea |
| Family: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | †Kahawamys Stevens et al., 2009 |
| Species: | †K. mbeyaensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Kahawamys mbeyaensis Stevens et al., 2009 | |
